Speaker: Dr. Shelov, you seem to be an expert in what you can do to make a child better and have good family relationship, and one of the things you emphasized, is to try to take care of the child, the day it's conceived, is that true?
Dr. Steven P. Shelov: Absolutely. The best care that a mother can do for a newborn baby is to take care of herself during the pregnancy. To eat right, to take her proper vitamins, follow her doctor's advice. The healthier the pregnancy is, the healthier the baby will be when the baby is born, and that gives everybody a step up to getting to the best level of health that you are looking for as you start to take care and nurture and allow your baby to grow from his very first days of life.
Speaker: And certainly during the pregnancy you would avoid taking unnecessary medicines, and alcohols, is that correct?
Dr. Steven P. Shelov: We now know that smoking is a serious problem that women should not smoke during pregnancy. Alcohol is also a problem when it comes to newborn babies and therefore, no alcohol is recommended at all during the pregnancy. And medications should be not taken at any time unless there is a necessity, and if it is a necessity you should check with your obstetrician to be sure that there is not going to be any harm to the baby.
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